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Military force that was passed by congress immediately after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. that gave the president at the time authorization to use all necessary force against those who planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on september 11th. in 2001, congresswoman barbara lee was the lone vote against that authorization and in the 16 years since that has morphed into a swiss army knife of laws. to say it has been used livery is an understatement and started as ...

>> further amendments. >> spontaneous applause. those are republicans voting with a democratic congressman for her amendment written by barbara lee to repeal the aumf, the authorization for use of military force that was passed by congress immediately after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. that gave the president at the time authorization to use all necessary force against those who planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on september 11th. in 2001, congresswoman bar...

>> reporter: why come all of this way? why come all this way? >> a wonderful university is here and weve come, of course, to see a total eclipse. >> reporter: how many eclipses have you seen? >> this is my first total eclip eclipse. >> reporter: really? youre the president of the astronomy club. im amazed. why is this so important? >> because it was accessible. we only had to travel 5,000 miles. [ laughter ] >> reporter: said with typical irish understatement. have a great time. how far off do y...

Asking when he returns to washington in two weeks to consider taking down the confederate statues inside the capitol building. that is also something worrying and pressing at least the democrats and some republicans as well. and then really the business of trying to unite the party to get something done. we saw the failure of repeal and replace obamacare. before the recess, theyll be coming back and looking at raising the debt ceiling and whether or not they can get a clean vote through or are c...

Common. tell me what you are seeing and hearing. >> reporter: sure, thank you for having me. theres still several thousand people here, although the crowd is beginning to disperse. the, quote unquote, free speech rally that took place here ended and you cant even really call it a rally because from my vantage point it looked as though there were maybe 20 people. anyone who tried to actually enter the rally, which was closed off by barricades, was stopped by counterprotesters. so to say that the ...

Real. they killed someone. >> idiots is an understatement, michael. >> it is. i could have said -- >> wrestling in the back seat. >> if you want me to, isle g there. look, this is cable, isle go there. lets go with idiots because its the nicest, politist thing i can say at the moment. but the president giving them cushion, giving them comfort whether he meant to or not i think is part of the problem this administration has in communicating exactly where this president is on matters of race. >> h...

Violent protests in the streets there. white nationalists clashing with counterprotesters around the statue of a confederate general. and i want to bring in the vice mayor now of charlottesville, virginia. there was also a car crash where pedestrians were plowed into, what appeared to be an intentional car ramming incident. wes bellamy is joining us on the phone. we know you are very busy today, thanks for joining us for a few minutes. whats your reaction right now in your city? >> to say im dis...

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Agents, shields. we have seen a piece of wood with tales in it, that can really hurt someone. that would be an understatement lose how aggressive do police get and at what point is that decision made? >> those decisions are usually made by local authorities. in consultation with the police chief, people on the ground monitoring the situation. usually there is wide latitude based on the actions of the crowd. are they simply standing and voicing opinion, trying to damage property, and then have it...

The stakes seem to be higher geopolitically -- >> slight understatement. >> hard to figure out how to talk about. because theres so much content coming at us today. clearly -- >> well, we have the hour. lets just hone in on fire and fury and the idea that he never backs down in a political context. but we are talking about nuclear brinksmanship. >> but what he does, i mean, i think you have to look at this and see not just the bluntness of what hes saying, but how vague his words there. there is...